. The initial lineup of
on lead guitar recorded their debut album, Breakfast at Tammy's, in 1998. Following a lineup shuffle that moved
, co-produced by Ron St. Germain (
Several major changes occurred following the release of
Bikini Pie Fight!:
Jon Baird left the band, the band moved from Boston to Los Angeles, and following a steadily increasing level of legal harassment from
Seventeen magazine, the newly configured four-piece changed their name to
Lustra in 2001, releasing their first album under that name in 2003. The following year,
Lustra appeared in the 2004 frat boy comedy Euro Trip, performing their original song "Scotty Doesn't Know" in a scene that features fellow Bostonian
Matt Damon in a cameo as the band's lead singer. Following up on the wider visibility afforded by the movie was complicated by
Adams and
Fulford leaving the band, eventually replaced by guitarist
Travis Lee and drummer
Phil Matthews. The revived
Lustra returned with Left for Dead (including "Scotty Doesn't Know") in 2006.
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Stewart Mason, Rovi